Memoir of a gonzo journalist

Few journalists reach celebrity status. But if anyone is a superstar in his profession, it's Hunter S. Thompson, who combined an adventuresome personal spirit with a hard-hitting, colorfully wrought style of writing, emerging from the '60s as America's legendary "gonzo" chronicler of politics and societal change. This somewhat scattershot memoir subtitled "Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed...

A rediscovered classic

Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, revered by many as the voice of his generation, is on a roll. A book of his letters (The Proud Highway) was published last year to critical acclaim; a movie based on one of his earlier works, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, hit theaters nationwide this past summer; and now an early novel has been resurrected, the first (and to date, only) work of fiction...